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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My unpopular opinion is that if you are doing any sort of competitive exercise, weight loss will hurt your performance.  You can't have both.[/quote]

That is a very wrong opinion. I was a D1 athlete and had too much body fat during my first two years. I then decided to take the weight lifting more seriously, started doing more HIIT because of a new coach who was a big fan of it, and started eating less and healthier. I dropped 12% of my body fat and lost 15 pounds overall. I became a more explosive athlete and improved my performance across the board. At that time I could do a bunch of pull ups and dips. Now in middle age I am built more like my freshman year self and I am back to not being able to do any despite being in decent shape. I know I would need to lose weight in order to get them back. Right now there's just too much of me to pull up! I still have muscle but there's too much fat on top of it to be "lean and mean". I am generally fine with this because I'm not training for anything anymore.[/quote]

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